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[rustbucket]

Ok, to start with, both Carn and myself felt we could have done better here, but time ran out and the weather was terrible. The dust just fell on the car after every wipe. (PE Wind)
Anyway, the client said he was very happy and said he will bring it back in a month or two for another go.

First wash and de wax with Sonax de-wax.
De-wax washed off with Megs Gold Class.
Car clayed with Megs white clay.
Car re -washed.
Dried with WW towels.
Polish via Presta and Wool Pad
Follow up polish with Flex and Menz IP.
Car rewashed.
Sealant Megs 21
Final wax with Sonax Extreme wax

Heres what we were greeted with:





I did do the engine but never took pics.

The wash


The clay


Circles in the sand. Oh, wrong song



Dirty Badge



Due to original stickers being removed some ridges remained in the paint where the paint had dried next to the sticker. This had to be wet sanded.
Carn cracking down on those ridges.






After some Rotry lovin



Some random Afters









Clean badge



Thanks for looking.

[calypso]

PE Wind?
Oh and that plain black looks awesome. Great reflections there.
I still need to learn how to wetsand, and need to buy a dewaxing product.

[freerider]

Very nice job guys! please would you post your procedure used for wet sanding.... I also need to learn.

Alexis, have you heard of the 50/50 mix of rubbing alcohol and distilled water wipedown?

[Carn]

What else can I say except for what a PITA 2 days of detailing

Saturday afternoon we were battling to remove the sticker residue and wound up resorting to wet sanding the front and rear bumpers inbetween washing to remove the dust that was constantly being blown all over. Sunday was ice cold with pumping winds and overcast skies and the damn dust again. Needless to say I think this one will go down as one of my worst detailing experiences to date :puke:

Anyways I think the car came out alright at the end of the day but could still use some work here and there. Here are just a few of my pics to add :

Rear end sticker residue



After wet sanding to even out the paint and remove the gunk


And some afters after polishing




And finally some random shots from around the car

[Carn]

Calypso we use the Sonax polymer dewaxer which is a spray on product that removes any and all waxes, etc from the surface. Some car wash soaps (CG Citrus I think is one of them) when used with in a highly concentrated solution will also strip all waxes, etc from the paint. IPA wipedown as Don mentioned would be usefull however it is not economical or as easy as simply using an off the shelf dewaxer. IPA is usually used for a final wipedown after polishing to remove oils, etc and to make sure the paint is perfectly clean for your sealant or wax to bond to

As for the wetsanding there is not really much to it and neither Myself or Rustbucket could claim to be experts at it I will compose a short write up of what I usually do (I have done this on a few occasions on both customers as well as my own cars) but it will be strictly USE AT OWN RISK !

[Starvekos]

Excellent work Grant / Dave.

Ok, to start with, both Carn and myself felt we could have done better here

Don't know what you are going on about here this is top work.

You guys achieved great results and wet sending job looks superb. Maybe the pic is not clear but your paper looks dry. Did you guys soak it in a was shampoo solution for 30 mins?

Again, Menzerna paint cleaners have produced a spotless finish.

[Carn]

Thanks Siya, the water paper was used with a soap water solution....dunno why it appears dry in the pics

[springbok]

As a matter of interest what grit paper did you use?

Sounds like it was a hellish job with all the wind and dust but the end result speaks for itself.

[Carn]

Paper was 2000 grit although heavily worn so probably closer to 2500 or so at this stage

Was unpleasant but I think it turned out ok in the end

[freerider]

Paper was 2000 grit although heavily worn so probably closer to 2500 or so at this stage

Was unpleasant but I think it turned out ok in the end

What make of sandpaper? Megs?

And where did you get it from?

[Carn]

Will have to check if I can see the make. I bought it along with some other grits at a local auto paint store.

The Meg's ones will be fine if you can find them, I wouldn't use anything lower than a 2000 grit however

[freerider]

I'll go check out BASF here in CT and see what they have

[megesh]

Hey don we get sandpaper from Kurt...

[freerider]

Hey don we get sandpaper from Kurt...

sweet like lemons!